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rigatti, do games w 'There's almost nobody left': CEO of Baldur's Gate 3 dev Swen Vincke says the D&D team he initially worked with is gone, due to Hasbro layoffs
@rigatti@lemmy.world avatar

Hasbro continuing to make shit decisions on behalf of WotC, the only sector of the company keeping it afloat.

Osa-Eris-Xero512,

You see, if they fire everyone from the division, it'll make even more profit. ez

phoneymouse,

There’s no one there left to defend the IP, so they can do evil things. I’m guessing it’s as intended.

Lianodel,

Ah, the Jack Welch method.

(Seriously, fuck that guy. He was a pioneer among bloodsucking CEOS, and part of it was mass layoffs to boost short-term profits.)

MindSkipperBro12,

Honest question: what’s bad about firing the “bad performers”?

caseofthematts,

If they wanted to fire the “bad performers” then they’d be firing the CEOs and higher ranked people, not those actually making the products work.

kibiz0r,

Nothing, if that’s genuinely what you’re doing.

But it’s dangerous to incentivize it, because you get short-term gains by firing anyone, whether or not it’s the right long-term call.

It’s also just difficult to identify bad performers. Fundamental attribution error is a bitch. And because we’re really bad at seeing the entire system surrounding someone’s productivity, we tend to blame operator error only to find that the next operator we hire has the exact same problem.

Lianodel,

Exactly. It’s just goosing the numbers. The company made this much in profit, and the cost-cutting from firing people will save money immediately, so it looks great… on paper… for a little while. It doesn’t matter if the company is gutted, because the CEO and most of the investors will dip before things get too bad, and go onto the next thing. The employees will suffer and the customers will be upset, but CEOs don’t answer to them, they answer to shareholders, and shareholders just want the line to go up this quarter.

corytheboyd,
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  • ThugJesus,

    Barbie is Mattel, not Hasbro.

    corytheboyd,
    @corytheboyd@kbin.social avatar

    Fuck I mixed up my board game doll companies lol

    snor10,

    I think Barbie would like a word

    chiliedogg,

    That’s Mattel.

    squirrel,
    @squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    That’s Mattel. And one of the reasons why Hasbro looks so bad in comparison.

    nafri, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet
    @nafri@lemmy.world avatar

    keep it before nintendo ninja does their job

    TBi, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet

    I tried downloading and the website says the download was quarantined. Anyone else see this? I was able to download anyway.

    Donut,

    Yeah it’s a safeguard by Itch.io which flags potentially malicious users, but they let you proceed if you are sure you can trust the author

    Neon, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet

    anyone got the Link?

    Sirico,

    No Links just ZeldaJokes aside, Itch has a warning on the integrity of this.

    optissima,

    Likely a tip by Nintendo as legal collects themselves

    FatTony, (edited ) do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet
    @FatTony@discuss.online avatar

    Get it while it’s hot.

    Edit: it’s cold now.

    woelkchen, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet
    @woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

    I can’t believe Nintendo hasn’t taken it down yet

    “So I report about it on PC Gamer and make Nintendo aware of it.”

    altima_neo, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet
    @altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

    That sounds awesome

    gearheart, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet

    Oh great. Now I gotta download this before Nintendo takes it down.

    Potatos_are_not_friends, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet

    It’ll be gone within the next 48 hours now.

    insomniac_lemon,
    Caligvla, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet
    @Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Oh don’t worry, Nintendo has a death squad en route to the creator’s house in this very instant.

    CileTheSane,
    @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

    Is Nintendo owned by Wizards of the Coast?

    520,

    No, but they are just as litigious when it comes to their IP

    Gamers_Mate, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet

    Someone should get a bunch of games that Nintendo shut down and call it the forbidden library.

    Bread,

    You know, that’s not a bad idea.

    Jonny, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet
    @Jonny@kbin.social avatar

    Well I'm glad I managed to hear about it before they do! LA DX was my first Zelda game. Time to relive some memories in HD!

    DemBoSain,
    @DemBoSain@midwest.social avatar

    The Link’s Awakening remake on Switch is worth your time. I loved the original, and I loved the remake. I hope they continue bringing their old games forward like this (LA, Mario RPG, etc.)

    Jonny,
    @Jonny@kbin.social avatar

    Oh don't you worry, I've completed it. But thank you :)

    I agree, I thought it was great and I felt the art direction really fit the original perfectly!

    I've been slowly working my way through 100%ing every Zelda game. Done almost all of them other than BotW & TotK.

    Scrof, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet

    Fans do what Nintendon’t.

    Computerchairgeneral, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet

    Game looks cool, but I always have mixed feelings about articles like this. On the one hand it helps raise awareness about the game to the people who want to play it, but it also helps raise awareness about the game to the people who are going to send the cease-and-desist letter.

    Essence_of_Meh,
    @Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

    I’m pretty sure devs are fully aware of what’s going to happen which is why they avoided putting their names on the project and included the source code.

    Hammer was always going to come down since they included game assets in the build - news articles won’t really change much on this matter,

    Potatos_are_not_friends,

    It blows me away that people do these incredible projects but just for the thrill of to see if they can.

    Azzu,

    Just imagine what people would do if they didn’t have to work anymore!

    Probably just sit on their asses and wither, I’m sure. No one will do cool projects that many will benefit from.

    all-knight-party,
    @all-knight-party@kbin.run avatar

    I don't think it's entirely on the thrill of seeing if they can, it's also a passion project from their love of the original. They put it out there so people can enjoy the game in a fresh way, the way the devs want it to be able to be experienced.

    insomniac_lemon,

    Including a trademarked term right in the title is the thing that gets most fan projects. It's a multiplier for takedowns, it can't get any easier for companies than running a simple script that just searches Itch/Gamejolt/Github for terms and then doing a mass takedown of the results. And that will even catch things with 3 downloads.

    Sure user-added* or redone assets could help, but just distancing the name would help a lot more. Having 100% new assets won't stop a takedown if you use trademarked terms (see DMCA's Sky), and the DMCA system doesn't really discourage overstepping unless somebody has the willingness/money/time to take it to court.

    *=image detection could be a thing as well though, so be careful with screenshots especially with a logo

    Essence_of_Meh,
    @Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

    Of course, I hope my comment didn’t imply otherwise. Unfortunately even a different title and completely original assets (AM2R?) won’t help much with some companies.

    Good enough project will catch their eye sooner or later anyway.

    kylie_kraft, do games w This fan-made HD PC port of Zelda: Link's Awakening is so cool I can't believe Nintendo hasn't taken it down yet

    just download it and shut up then

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